Two films I’ve seen over the last two days: Next Goal Wins and Crush.

I thoroughly enjoyed both. Next Goal Wins is a simple, feel good, hilarious take on the American Samoa soccer team that historically lost 31-0 to Australia in the past. Directed by Taika Watiti, I knew exactly the kind of humour I was in for… I loved it. EVEN BETTER, there’s a non binary actor playing a trans woman on the men’s soccer team! I do have some feelings about how they dealt with some parts of being a trans person, but overall, I think they did a really good job of having a trans woman as such a big part of the story in a positive way.

Crush, starring Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho, was a high school romance but GAY. It was fabulous. I wasn’t expecting much, but I loved it and even though the main characters were both cis women, I kind of felt like I identified with both of them in some way or another. It was realistic and I think that’s what I loved about it. It was also very, VERY, gay. Win.